rigor mortis 0 Posted April 2, 2006 Share Posted April 2, 2006 I foolishly left the inside pocket of my jacket open at newyear this year in hakuba. During my wallowing in the copiuos powder my cellphone took a dive never to be seen again til spring. yesterday my mate lost his keys in the powder. There must be some interesting shit turn up at the end of spring as all the snow disappears! Link to post Share on other sites
cheeseman 1 Posted April 2, 2006 Share Posted April 2, 2006 I once lost a small piece of cheese that I had been keeping to enjoy at the top for lunch. I know someone who lost their passport (!) on the slopes. Luckily someone found it and handed it in - they got it back the next day. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted April 2, 2006 Share Posted April 2, 2006 I haven't lost anything of note. I can't imagine taking my passport out on the slopes?! Link to post Share on other sites
SerreChe 2 Posted April 2, 2006 Share Posted April 2, 2006 In some resorts in Europe, comes spring people go hiking under the lifts and find all kinda of stuff: gold chains etc... I am always scared of loosing my keys on the slopes and anally triple check my pocket all the time... Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted April 2, 2006 Share Posted April 2, 2006 The only thing I've lost is a bit of pride (not that I have too much of it anyway) when I was definitely totally crap at the beginning! Link to post Share on other sites
daver 0 Posted April 2, 2006 Share Posted April 2, 2006 one ski in a small slide once. i spent an hour or so digging for it but i was long gone. which meant i had to walk out. that sucked more. i have also lost a $150 pair of gloves and a $150 pair of goggles. i foolishly left them lying alone in a change facility once assuming that human beings did not have the potential to be theiving villians. but to my chagrin, i was quickly proven wronge. Link to post Share on other sites
nagpants 1 Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 Cap. Not very exciting but I liked it and it sucked losing it. Link to post Share on other sites
veronica 2 Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 Was that in Japan, daver? I thought 'traditionally' the only thing that got stolen in Japan was umbrellas! I've only ever lost a few coins and course maps. thats about it. I don't tend to take much with me. Link to post Share on other sites
daver 0 Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 no not in japan. that was in lake louise canada. and the ski was in the whistler area Link to post Share on other sites
me jane 0 Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 I've never lost anything. Shouldn't say that I'll probably jinx myself. Pretty disgusting story but I went hiking 2 years ago with a Canadian friend who decided she didn't want to put her plastic bag of used toilet paper etc (extra info you don't need: she had her period) in her backpack. She hung it to the outside of her pack only to discover towards the end of the day that it had fallen off somewhere along the busy trail. Link to post Share on other sites
miyahara 0 Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 I've just lost the usuals - goggles, gloves, watch, all through my own stupidity. During the last days of spring I've seen people at Mt Buller (Australia) walk up slopes to scour for lost items under the lifts (cash, mobile phones, jewllery), cos most of the stuff is lost when you're on the chairlift. Hey, whatever floats your boat... All my belongings are now tied to either me or something else (goggles tied to my helmet, gloves with straps that go on your arms etc), I haven't lost anything for a while now. Comes in handy when you have a big stack too - no yard sale. Link to post Share on other sites
longboardsk8man 0 Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 was out boarding at manza one day and one of our crew was pulling camera out along the way taking snaps here and there. Finished up after a great day, we get down to the carpark and the guy taking the snaps (who was also the driver) said - fellas - haven`t got the keys.... thought it must have been a joke and pushed him a bit further, he kept it up till finally we realised he was serious... ended up calling a guy 200km away, went and had a scrub at the sento, had a few beers, waiting for the guy to turn up. 40 000 yen and a few beers later, the guy had cut us a new key for the rental car!!! needless to say was a very expensive lesson to learn - and provided us with plenty of ammo for any subsequent trips!! Link to post Share on other sites
ncorrenti 0 Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 A couple of years ago I lost the memory card out of my camera while on the slopes. It had pretty much every single photo we'd taken on the trip on it so I was really bummed. On the same trip my best friend (who lurks on this forum but is afraid to post ) lost a rather expensive diamond earring when she yanked her goggles off while on the chairlift. She has since learned not to wear bling on the slopes Link to post Share on other sites
taguchi 0 Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 Memory card, yes. Here as well. Luckily not that much on it in my case. Link to post Share on other sites
Kumapix 0 Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 mejane that's a nasty nasty story! Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by daver: one ski in a small slide once. i spent an hour or so digging for it but i was long gone. which meant i had to walk out. that sucked more. I almost lost a ski in a slide on the weekend in Hakuba Was lucky and it was just sitting on top of the debris. Getting down to it was not very fun. Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 Is your ankle all totally healed up now Toque? Link to post Share on other sites
I'm Sexy 0 Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 I lost 5000 yen once, I was very annoyed it. Link to post Share on other sites
daver 0 Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 [/qb]I almost lost a ski in a slide on the weekend in Hakuba Was lucky and it was just sitting on top of the debris. Getting down to it was not very fun. [/QB] i bet not man. skiing debris is never fun. let alone with one ski. good to hear that you are safe though. Link to post Share on other sites
69 5 Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Key Condoms 1000 yen Link to post Share on other sites
r45 4 Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Condoms? I've never lost anything that I know of. I keep my pockets closed, sensible chap that I am. Link to post Share on other sites
Ezorisu 0 Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Lip balm. I invariably buy a new stick of lip balm at the beginning of the season, and by the New Year it has disappeared - usually out of the hip pocket on my B/C pack waistbelt after being used only once or twice. AAA batteries for my MP3 player. They like going to wherever it is that my lip balm enjoys visiting. Link to post Share on other sites
sava 0 Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 left a pair of goggles on a bus (damn) also left some shoes at the lodge I was staying at in Hakuba Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 You had more than 1 pair of shoes? Link to post Share on other sites
sava 0 Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 yeah two pairs to be exact! the second is at FT's place Link to post Share on other sites
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